World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute (WRI) was founded in 1982 by James Gustave Gus Speth who served as the Institute's first president until January 1993. Speth remains as a member of the Board. Based in Washington, D.C., WRI is a center for policy research and technical assistance on environment and development issues. WRI's mission is "to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations."

WRI is an enthusiastic proponent of Carbon Capture and Storage, an experimental technology aimed at reducing carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations. (For further details see World Resources Institute and Carbon Capture and Storage).

Personnel

 * Jessica T. Matthews was also a founding vice president and director of research of the World Resources Institute (1982 to 1993).
 * Luiz Ros "is Global Manager for the Markets and Enterprise Goal at the World Resources Institute (WRI), Director for WRI's New Ventures Global Operations, and Director of WRI’s Sustainable Enterprise Program."
 * Peter Veit, Senior Fellow and Regional Director for Africa at the WRI

Directors
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 * James A. Harmon (Chairman of the Board) Chairman, Harmon & Co., LLC; former President of the Export-Import Bank, United States
 * Alice F. Emerson (Vice-Chair) President Emerita, Wheaton College, United States
 * William D. Ruckelshaus (Chairman Emeritus) Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group; former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United States
 * Harriet Babbitt - Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, United States
 * Gay Barclay - Founder and Board Member, PAVA Foundation, United States
 * Antony Burgmans - Chairman, Unilever N.V. and PLC, Netherlands
 * Fernando Henrique Cardoso - Former President of Brazil; currently Professor-at-Large at the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies at Brown University, United States
 * Jessica Catto - President, Crockett Street Management, LLC; President, Elk Mountain Builders, Inc., United States
 * Leslie Dach - Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Government Relations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., United States
 * Jose Maria Figueres - Former President of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
 * David Gergen - Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Editor at large, U.S. News and World Report, United States
 * Al Gore - Chairman of Generation Investment Management, London; and former Vice President of the United States, United States
 * Denis Hayes - President, Bullitt Foundation, United States
 * Aditi Kapoor - Fellow, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD); Independent journalist and Media/Development Consultant, India
 * Jonathan Lash - President, World Resources Institute, United States
 * Gretchen Long - Trustee and former Chair, National Parks Conservation Association, United States
 * Preston R. Miller, Jr. - Partner, The Tremont Group, LLC, United States
 * Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - Former Minister of Finance, Government of Nigeria, Nigeria
 * James W. Owens - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar, Inc., United States
 * Michael Polsky - President and Chief Executive Officer, Invenergy, United States
 * C. K. Prahalad - Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration, The University of Michigan Business School, United States
 * Qian Yi - Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University (Beijing), China
 * Peter H. Raven - Director, Missouri Botanical Garden, United States
 * Theodore Roosevelt IV - Managing Director, Lehman Brothers
 * Alison Sander - Globalization Topic Advisor, Boston Consulting Group, United States
 * Jose Sarukhan - Professor, Institute of Ecology, National University of Mexico (UNAM) and National Coordinator, Mexican Commission on Biodiversity (CONABIO), Mexico
 * Scott M. Spangler - Chairman, Chemonics International, Inc., United States
 * James Gustave Speth - Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; former Administrator, United Nations Development Programme, United States
 * Ralph Taylor - Founding Chair of Global Action Network Net, United States
 * Lee M. Thomas - Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, United States
 * Todd S. Thomson - Chairman & CEO, Global Wealth Management Sector, Citigroup, Inc., United States
 * Diana H. Wall - Professor & Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, United States
 * Wren Wirth - President, The Winslow Foundation, United States

Contact information
World Resources Institute 10 G Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 http://www.wri.org/

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